+The Coffee's Posted March 19, 2004 Posted March 19, 2004 Hi all, I am in greta support of CITO day and will certainly be doing my part. However in Victoria Australia we have another problem that could close off many areas of geocaching. I am talking about our Government declaring state forests as National Parks then shutting them up without consultation to any users before you could say "crikee what was that". our wonderful organisation known as DSE or department of sustainability and environment is working hard in offices at central Melbourne deciding that by lack of funds it is easier to close our outdoors rather than working in with user groups to maintain them. By anouncing meetings with only days notice they have been able to say that due to lack of interest a certain area is to be closed. Who this AFFECTS: all users, 4wd, bushwalkers, canoeists, motorbike riders, geocachers, local tourism, business owners, to name a few. Readers this is serious, we need to take action now and keep our parks open. in about 8 weeks the otways will be closed for good fenced and gated to keep all out and this will spread from park to park. where to start?, local MP's local Government, media, local business, forums. Please all in Vic help us all anf get active somehow. we have to act now. To Groundspeak I apologise for using this forum to present a problem, but it is serious and I do love geocaching. Mr.Coffee Ian Berwick VIC Aust Quote
+carleenp Posted March 19, 2004 Posted March 19, 2004 Do you have an address people could write to? Quote
+The Coffee's Posted March 20, 2004 Author Posted March 20, 2004 Write to myself Mr.Coffee P.O Box 2342 Fountain Gate Narre Warren Victoria Australia 3805 Quote
+The Coffee's Posted March 20, 2004 Author Posted March 20, 2004 I will and I mean I will pass on any letters to local MP's and state MP's. Please geocachers if you love your sport or getting out into the bush, you need to do something now, not later after everything is closed off. later is going to be too late. again thank you to all who read, and a big thank you to Groundspeak and geocache.com who have made weekend getaways of geocaching fun. Regards Mr.Coffee Ian. Quote
+TeamK-9 Posted March 20, 2004 Posted March 20, 2004 So what's the big concern if they're national parks all of a sudden, doesn't the National Park rule only apply to US maintained National Parks? Quote
fallout4x4 Posted March 20, 2004 Posted March 20, 2004 Maybe you didn't read his post carefully enough: Who this AFFECTS: all users, 4wd, bushwalkers, canoeists, motorbike riders, geocachers, local tourism, business owners, to name a few. Readers this is serious, we need to take action now and keep our parks open. in about 8 weeks the otways will be closed for good fenced and gated to keep all out and this will spread from park to park. That is very serious, how would you feel if you were not allowed into a national park at all? Its not just a geocaching problem, its a national problem for all of Australia. Mr. Coffee: would letters from the US help or not? Quote
+The Coffee's Posted March 20, 2004 Author Posted March 20, 2004 Even support from the US would help show that closure of our recreational parks in Australia will also inpact on overseas tourism and I believe this may help in taking the message to our federal politicians. Mr.Coffee Ian Quote
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